Today's
Meditation:
Why do we so often stifle our own imagination?
Is it because we work at jobs that expect us to do the
same things over and over again in the same ways? Is
it because we're afraid of being mocked when we do
something in ways that are different than other people's
ways? Is it because when we did something different
in the past, we failed and were criticized for our
failure, and we don't want to face failure or criticism
again?
No matter what the reason, it's important to keep in mind
that we do have imagination, and ours is unique to us, not
found in exactly the same way in any other person on the
planet. We have amazing potential, but sometimes we
have to be creative in order to let that potential be
realized. Many of our decisions are made to keep
ourselves "safe," while the truth is that our
safety may just be our downfall. The world needs
many more composers if we don't want to listen to the same
songs over and over, but not enough people are willing to
compose.
We can use our imaginations to keep ourselves vital and
alive. We can use them to create new things or add
to things that already exist. Somebody in the past
imagined the Internet, cars, airplanes, heart transplants,
and people walking on the moon, and those things have come
to pass. Just imagine how many more wonderful things
could come to be if more people were able to look into the
immaterial and see things that don't yet exist, but could.
If we're going to stay vital and fresh, we're going to
have to use our imaginations to find ways to do so-- and in
doing so, we can make some pretty amazing contributions in
our own small ways to the world around us, but only if we
use the precious gift of imagination with which we were
gifted.
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